Director of communications at Downing St says ‘I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built’
Tim Allan, who worked as Alastair Campbell’s deputy when Tony Blair was in opposition and after he first became PM, only joined Downing Street in September last year. It was a surprise appointment because Allan had been out of government for more than 25 years, mostly running his own PR and corporate affairs company.
Here is a profile about him that Rowena Mason wrote in September.

